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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FELIX BINDER, OF MOSCOW, RUSSIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SOOIETE DE LAMANUFACTURE DINDIENNES EMILE ZUNDEL, OF SAME PLACE.

- APPARATUS FOR SINGEING WOVEN FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,813, dated April19, 1898.

Application filed November 6, 1897. Serial No. 657,678. (No model.)Patented in Trance December 24, 1896, No. 262,543 g in Belgium December24, 1896, No. 125,865, and in Italy December 26,1896,XXXII, 43,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX BINDER, a citizen of the Empire of Germany,residing in Moscow, in the Empire of Russia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Apparatus for Singeing Woven Fabrics andTextile Fibers in General, (for which Letters Patent were granted to mein France,

No. 262,542, dated December 24, 1896; in.

Belgium, No. 125,365, dated December 24, 1896, and in Italy, XXXII,43,472, dated December 26, 1896,) of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for singein g textilefabrics and textile fibers in general; and the invention consists of anapparatus for singeing textile fabrics which comprises a jacketedsuction-tube having a bottom aperture and connected in a suitable mannerwith a suction-fan.' The jacket surrounding the suction-tube is providedwith inlet and outlet orifices for supplying water for cooling thesuction tube, a bu rner-tube of any approved construction being locatedbelow the aperture of the jacketed tube, so that the flame is drawnthrough the fabric to be singed by the suction of the air. The length ofthe opening in the burnertube is regulated by means of slide-plates thatare adjusted by racks and pinions or any other suitable mechanism,according to the width of the fabric to be singed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a verticallongitudinal section on line 1 1, Fig. 3, of my improved apparatus forsingeing textile fabrics. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ofone end of the same, drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a verticaltransverse section taken through one of the inclined suctiontubes.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts.

In the singeing apparatus heretofore in use certain difficulties wereencountered, which consisted in the heating of the suction-tube by theflame of the burner-tube, so that an irregular burning of the jets ofthe burnertube resulted and that thereby the jets were not uniformlyaspirated through the web of the fabric to be singed. This irregularaction of the singeing apparatus heretofore used is avoided by using asuction-tube A, provided with a cooling-jacket a. The suction-tube Acarries at its lower part a flaring portion with inwardly-bent edges,forming an aperture 8, across which the fabric to be singed is passed,it being guided by means of rollers r 0", arranged one at each side ofthe aperture .9. The burner-tube B is arranged below the orifice s andproduces the singeing of the fabric in the usual manner. The length ofthe aperture of the burner-tube B can be regulated according to thewidth of the piece of fabric to be singed by means of two slide-plates MM, which are guided in suitable manner on the burner-tube and which areadjusted by means of racks O 0, connected with said plates, said racksbeing engaged by pinions z z, the shafts of which carry hand-wheels hit. By turning the hand-wheels in one or the opposite direction theslide-plates M M are moved forward or backward over the ends of the burnertube, so as to regulate thereby the length of the flame, according tothe width of the textile fabric to be singed.

The suction-tube A is provided with a central opening 0 for the inletand end openings 0 for the outlet of the cooling-water. It is furtherprovided with suction-openings 0 connected by inclined tubes 0 with acylinder D, that is connected with the suction-fan. (Not shown in thedrawings.)

The apparatus shown in the drawings is arranged for singeing two piecesof textile fabric at the same time. For this purpose a transverse plateN is arranged at the center of the burner-tube, so as to close theburnertube at that point and separate thereby the fabrics. By theconstruction of the suctiontube described, and especially by thecoolingjacket on the same, the jets of the burnertube burn with regularhomogeneous flames, so that no irregularities in singein g or'loss ofheat are produced.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An apparatus for singeing textile fabrics,

consisting of a suction-tube provided with a In testimony whereof I havesigned this flaring portion having a longitudinal aperspecification inthe presence of two subsorib- 1o ture, a cooling-jacket extending aroundits ing witnesses. upper part, a burner-tube below said aper- T 1 5ture, and means for aspirating the flame FELIX BILDER through thetextile fabric passing across the Witnesses: aperture of thesuction-tube, substantially H. MENZEL, as set forth. F. CASPARI.

